Parkinson Disease
Parkinson Disease OBJECTIVES To review the clinical features of Parkinson disease (PD). To list the differential disorders that can be confused with PD. To summarize treatment options for PD. VIGNETTE…
Dystonic Tremor
Dystonic Tremor OBJECTIVES To review the clinical features of a patient with dystonic tremor. To highlight the distinguishing features of dystonic tremor versus essential tremor and parkinsonian tremor. To discuss…
Essential Tremor
Essential Tremor OBJECTIVES To review the clinical features of essential tremor. To discuss the differential diagnosis of essential tremor. To summarize medical and surgical management options for essential tremor. VIGNETTE…
Resting Tremor (and A “Stroke of Luck”)
Resting Tremor (and A “Stroke of Luck”) OBJECTIVES To review the clinical features of parkinsonian tremor. To illustrate the unusual subsequent occurrence of a subcortical infarct that abated the patient’s…
Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis
Superior Sagittal Sinus Thrombosis OBJECTIVES To discuss the clinical presentation of cerebral venous thrombosis. To discuss the management of superior sagittal sinus (SSS) thrombosis. To discuss the management of anticoagulant…
Alexia Without Agraphia Due to Biopsy-Negative Primary CNS Angiitis
Alexia Without Agraphia Due to Biopsy-Negative Primary CNS Angiitis OBJECTIVES To briefly discuss management of primary CNS angiitis. To review an unusual cause of alexia without agraphia. VIGNETTE A 39-year-old…
Lacunar Hemichoreoathetosis
Lacunar Hemichoreoathetosis OBJECTIVE To demonstrate a hyperkinetic presentation of a lacunar stroke. VIGNETTE This 56-year-old woman with history of uncontrolled arterial hypertension had sudden onset of left hemibody paresthesias, followed…
Pure Sensory Stroke Due to Thalamic Hemorrhage
Pure Sensory Stroke Due to Thalamic Hemorrhage OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical characteristics of pure sensory stroke (pure hemisensory or paresthetic stroke). To highlight the fact that discrete hemorrhages can…
Multiple Lobar Hemorrhages Due to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Multiple Lobar Hemorrhages Due to Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy OBJECTIVES To review clinical characteristics of lobar intracerebral hemorrhages. To discuss nonhypertensive causes of intracerebral hemorrhages. To illustrate a unique form of…
Recurrent Facial Palsies (VZV) Followed by Cerebral Infarction
Recurrent Facial Palsies (VZV) Followed by Cerebral Infarction OBJECTIVES To review the clinical characteristics of Ramsay Hunt syndrome (herpes zoster oticus). To analyze different vasculopathies associated with varicella-zoster virus (VZV)…
